I have exactly the same Problem with r2017b.
So far the it seems that it occurs randomly. I can load the same data twice and once it works.
In general I have noticed that the UI tables update very slowly. I can only imagine this is the issue.
Edit: I found this post. It seems the table performance is a known issue. One can only hope that future Matlab versions make it better.
Some suggested options are:
- disable coding alerts
- try to keep the number of components in the UI low as well as the table size
- put methods / functions into separate functions (not everything in the one .mlapp file)